P-012: Claude Strauser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District Collection Images

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: Coast Guard Rescue Boats Evanston and South Beach; Coast Guard rescue boats Evanston and South Beach, moored with others during the Great Flood of 1927. Refugees in the background.

: Coast Guard Work; Great Flood of 1927. A Coast Guard boat stacked with supplies in the right mid-ground. Two men, one on the boat, are exchanging a bag of sugar. Refugees under a shack, with dogs, are in the background.

: Cows on a Levee; Cows on a levee during the Mississippi River flood of 1927.

: Crevasse Near Bordelonville, Louisiana; Crevasse near Bordelonville, Louisiana, during the Great Flood of 1927.

: Crevasse Near Bordelonville, Louisiana; Crevasse near Bordelonville, Louisiana, on Bayou des Glaises, during the 1927 Great Flood.

: Crevasse Near Bordelonville, Louisiana; Crevasse near Bordelonville, Louisiana, on Bayou des Glaises, during the 1927 Great Flood.

: Dike 148.3-R; Upper Mississippi River, U. S. Engineer Office, St. Louis, Missouri. Dike 148.3-R, New Calico Island, Cornice Island. Patton, Tully Trans. Co.

: Dike No. 107.8, Crains Island; Upper Mississippi River, U. S. Engineer Office, St. Louis, Mo. Dike No. 107.8, Crains Island. U. S. Plant and Hired Labor.

: Dike No. 146.; Upper Mississippi River. U. S. Engineer Office. St. Louis, Missouri. Dike No. 146. I-L Newly Screened. Patton-Tully Trans. Co. November 28, 1940.

: Dwight Filley Davis; Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis with two men at Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Engineer Department Dike Construction; Engineer Department Number 11 Dike construction, Mississippi River flood of 1927.

: Farm Animals on a Levee; Farm animals on a Louisiana levee during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Farm Buildings Under Water; Farm buildings under water during the Mississippi River Flood of 1927.

: Floatplanes; Floatplanes on a flooded river, during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Flood Refugees; Flood refugees eating. Behind them crouches a Red Cross worker. A bell tent can be seen in the background. During the Great Flood of 1927.

: Flood Refugees; Flood Refugees, Great Flood of 1927.

: Flood Refugees; Flood refugees atop levee at Hamburg, Louisiana. Ed Dubroc General Merchandise store and flooded home in background.

: Flood Refugees and Red Cross Workers; Flood Refugees and Red Cross workers in a bell tent during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Flood Refugees in a Truck; Flood Refugees in the back of a truck during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Flooded Buildings; Flooded buildings, Great Flood of 1927.

: Flooded Landscape; Flooded landscape, Great Flood of 1927.

: Floodwaters Rushing Through a Crevasse; Floodwaters rushing through a crevasse during the Great Flood of 1927. Store and homes in background.

: Fort Gage (Dredge); The Fort Gage dredgeboat at Engineer Service Base, St. Louis, Missouri.

: Hamburg, Louisiana During the Great Flood; Refugees with their possessions on high ground at Hamburg, Louisiana during the 1927 Great Flood. Hamburg is submerged by flood waters in the background.

: Horses on High Ground; Horses on high ground during the 1927 Mississippi River flood. A submerged farmstead is in the background.

: J. N. Macomb (Snagboat); Improvement of Mississippi, Missouri and Arkansas Rivers. United States Snag Boat J. N. Macomb. Designed by and built under the direction of Major Charles R. Suter. Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. 1874. Longitudinal Section Through Centre.

: J. N. Macomb (Snagboat); Improvement of Mississippi, Missouri and Arkansas Rivers. United States Snag Boat J. N. Macomb. Designed by and built under the direction of Major Charles R. Suter. Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. 1874. Plan of Boiler Deck. Section through officers cabin. Section through dining room. Section through store room. Section through kitchen. Section through laundry. Section through wash room. Section through captain's cabin.

: James Fieser, Dwight Filley Davis, and Herbert Hoover; Red Cross Chairman James Fieser, Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis, and Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover at Camp Natchez, Mississippi, during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

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